This is a picture which, at the time, I believe was very much for me.
Hopefully I have now let God in that much more, it is the best option after all.

I see a Vessel

I see a vessel before me. On the outside it looks impressive, strong and altogether, but on the inside it’s cracked and broken, almost falling apart. It feels as if, if anything is poured into this vessel it will just fall apart, it will crack open.

God is wanting to pour his Holy Spirit on us.

The vessel feels that if God pours his Holy Spirit into it, it will break.

God does not come to destroy though!

No, he comes to build up. Where we have cracks He wants to come along and heal them. He doesn’t wish to see us destroyed. No, He wishes to renew us, rebuild us and make us like new.

The fact that we feel broken and not ready should not stop us from saying “Lord, come to me please and fill me.” No it means we need Him all the more.
He does not come to destroy but He comes to build up. But He can only do this if we let Him in.
So He waits patiently asking.

“Will you let me in. I wish to rebuild and renew you, to make you strong and whole, so will you please just let me in? Just let me in?”

The Calling Abyss

The Calling Abyss is something I shared with a friend one Sunday, who then asked “Have you got that written down somewhere?”
The answer at that point in time was no. But I did write it down and send it to him. He then published it on his Blog site (Rejoicing Bones) and hence I had my first post published for all to see… Well those who found it, that is.

Below is the post that launched the idea for this blog site.

The Calling Abyss

The abyss is calling. It is calling everyone with nothing. It offers nothing, takes nothing and gives nothing. Who will answer its call? Normally the answer is nobody, but when people are in pain, then nothing can appear to be a better option. This is when the abyss really re-states it’s call: “I offer nothing, take nothing and give nothing.”

It’s at this point when the call can be tempting. Pain or nothing? The problem is, the more you move into the abyss the more it calls you in. “I offer nothing, take nothing and give nothing.”

If you answer it’s call the problem is that one day you will look around and there will be… nothing!
You can shout, rant and rave at the abyss and it will take it all and then then still not care because all it will offer, take and give is nothing.

It will just try to draw you in all the more.

To choose life may mean to choose pain, but it is the better option. It may be the hard option, but it leads to life.
When you hear the abyss calling it is better to turn your back to it and choose life instead, even if it means dealing with pain and hurt. It can be the hard choice to make but it is the better choice to make.

For us as Christians, choosing life can very much so be turning to God.
Choosing life can also mean not doing what you feel you want to do. We may need to take it one step at a time, but one small step in the right direction is one small step back to life. They may not be easy steps to take but they are steps that lead back to life.

Rather than allowing ourselves to be drawn into nothing, it is better to try to choose life.
As always some things are easier said than done. Part of the journey is to be aware that we have a choice. Then we need to endeavour to make the right choices.